Blogland friend Marci asked to see my collection of vintage eye wear and sunglasses. You can tell from the sidebar on my blog, that I do love the old fashioned frames and pick them up when I find them (only at a good price). I found a new pair of sunglasses this weekend and thought it fitting that I should do the challenge on this topic.
This is my new pair. I think they are bit small for me, but had to wear them for his shot.
I like vintage eye-wear because of the shape of the frames and the little details that the eye-wear often sports.
These are my glases in fun colors.
See the details on the frames? Jewels and little curlicues.
I wear contacts. When I was in college I wore a pair of tortoiseshell vintage frames (without lenses) to classes often. It was the scholarly look I was going for. One of these would have fit that bill.
A couple of pairs of frames with bifocal lenses. Often if I want to wear a pair for a party or event, I will remove the lenses and just wear the frames. These bifocals make me dizzy if I wear them too long!
These are smaller, perhaps child size sunglasses. The shapes on these are really retro.
A couple of my favorite frames. Hubba-Hubba!
Awesome details.
Remember the eyeglasses that our grandmothers wore that had that certain grandma quality to them? Practical.
Short and silly collection today. In case you are wondering about the embroidered towels - I have picked them up over the years at estate sales. I think they are fingertip towels for the bathroom. I just like their silly sayings.
If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "show me your collection of ____." I will see what I have in my stash.
Many years ago, I saw a woman at Fred Meyers wearing a pair of glasses shaped like butterfly wings (huge butterfly wings) with lots of large rhinestones. Every time I go to an estate sale, I look for those glasses.
Posted by: janet | August 02, 2011 at 08:57 AM
I picked up my 1st pair of vintage glasses this last weekend, they are black and silver with lots of engraving and silkver flowers. The best thing about the glasses...they were my 2nd grade teachers, I had her for a teacher 50 years ago, her and her husband were downsizing, what a fun visit.
Posted by: sandy | August 02, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Those glamour sunglasses in the hubba hubba shot are fantastic! I can just see a beehive hairdo and red lipstick and a leopard print sweater!
Posted by: Kathy | August 02, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Guess it would be silly now to ask to see your collection of embroidered fingertip towels ... enjoyed them and the specs!
Posted by: Barbara | August 02, 2011 at 02:45 PM
OH my goodness, you are too fun! Maybe I should have kept all my old glasses. Do you think anyone will ever want the monster sized ones we wore in the 80's?
So.... do you have a chiffon scarf collection to go with these? Or a pearl necklace collection?
Posted by: GardenOfDaisies | August 02, 2011 at 04:28 PM
It is all in the details.....why they don't go back to that I will never understand. Love every single one of these. I don't have any yet but I will keep both eyes...peeled...smiles...Renee
Posted by: Renee | August 02, 2011 at 04:38 PM
I think the red cloth that says "Lips Here Please" might be for blotting lipstick! ??
Great collection Laurie!
Laurel :)
Posted by: Laurel | August 02, 2011 at 05:01 PM
Show me your collection of ETHEL items!!!! I believe you mentioned having several items to keep the postcard company!!! Have you done this one yet?
Posted by: Elizabeth | August 02, 2011 at 06:32 PM
Two collections in one!! This was such a fun one! Loved it!
Posted by: Jill | August 02, 2011 at 09:06 PM
...and I was just about to ask to see your eyeglass collection - THANKS Marci - and 'Ethel'!! I, too, pick up vintage frames. Unlike like you though, I can no longer wear my beloved contacts and am doomed to framed lenses - so I try to make the most of it with 'Variety on the Cheap'!! I have a GREAT Optician who Loves seeing/reminiscing about what I bring in for him to inspect and let me know if it is viable (for my RX) to put remove/fill the vintage frames with new lenses for daily wear. What most folks don't realize is that most of the cost of eyeglasses is in the frames, not the lenses! So, for about the cost of a cheap pair of jeans I can add another pair of glasses to my 'wardrobe' 8-)! Hey, if I have to wear them Every-stinkin-Day, I should have a variety.... right?!
THANKS AGAIN Laurie!
Sue
Posted by: svelteSTUFF | August 03, 2011 at 05:10 AM
What a fabulous collection!!!
Posted by: elma | August 03, 2011 at 08:23 AM
What?! You only modeled one pair? I may have been guilty of the lense-less-glasses-wearing in my youth as well. The joke's on me as now I can't read a thing without them. I'm a 1.75 already and none are as stylish as yours.
Posted by: Into Vintage | August 03, 2011 at 06:05 PM
Laurie,
Thanks for showing that collection for me! Loved them all. I have a few listed on Etsy, never thought of wearing them, hmmm.... maybe I need to deactivate that listing! Also loved the little towels with sayings. Super cute!
Posted by: Marci | August 03, 2011 at 08:30 PM
Hi Laurie,
what a fun and great collection
of glasses!! :) I really like
all the details on them too, as
well as the colors.
Hugs,
Janis
Posted by: Janis | August 05, 2011 at 10:58 AM